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[ruby-ecosystem/en] 'ruby' -> 'Ruby' (cont.)

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@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ manage their packages (or gems), and manage their gem dependencies.
## Ruby Managers
Some platforms have Ruby pre-installed or available as a package. Most rubyists
do not use these, or if they do, they only use them to bootstrap another ruby
do not use these, or if they do, they only use them to bootstrap another Ruby
installer or implementation. Instead rubyists tend to install a Ruby manager to
install and switch between many versions of Ruby and their projects' ruby
install and switch between many versions of Ruby and their projects' Ruby
environments.
The following are the popular ruby/environment managers:
The following are the popular Ruby environment managers:
* [RVM](https://rvm.io/) - Installs and switches between rubies. RVM also has
the concept of gemsets to isolate projects' environments completely.
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## Ruby Implementations
The Ruby ecosystem enjoys many different implementations of ruby, each with
The Ruby ecosystem enjoys many different implementations of Ruby, each with
unique strengths and states of compatability. To be clear, the different
implementations are written in different languages, but *they are all ruby*.
implementations are written in different languages, but *they are all Ruby*.
Each implementation has special hooks and extra features, but they all run
normal Ruby files well. For instance, JRuby is written in Java, but you do
not need to know Java to use it.
Very mature/compatible:
* [MRI](https://github.com/ruby/ruby) - Written in C, this is the reference implementation of ruby. By
* [MRI](https://github.com/ruby/ruby) - Written in C, this is the reference implementation of Ruby. By
definition it is 100% compatible (with itself). All other rubies
maintain compatibility with MRI (see [RubySpec](#rubyspec) below).
* [JRuby](http://jruby.org/) - Written in Java and ruby, this robust implementation is quite fast.
* [JRuby](http://jruby.org/) - Written in Java and Ruby, this robust implementation is quite fast.
Most importantly, JRuby's strength is JVM/Java interop, leveraging existing
JVM tools, projects, and languages.
* [Rubinius](http://rubini.us/) - Written primarily in Ruby itself with a C++ bytecode VM. Also
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Medium mature/compatible:
* [Maglev](http://maglev.github.io/) - Built on top of Gemstone, a Smalltalk VM. Smalltalk has some
impressive tooling, and this project tries to bring that into ruby
impressive tooling, and this project tries to bring that into Ruby
development.
* [RubyMotion](http://www.rubymotion.com/) - Brings Ruby to iOS development.